NEWS

Barbara Summers and Graphia/Houghton Mifflin are delighted to announce the three winners of the Open the Unusual Door Essay Contest: Kamryn Duckett ($500); Morgan Gales ($300); Danielle Wilson ($200). Click here to read their essays. We appreciate the wonderful effort made by everyone who sent in an essay. Thanks for sharing your life stories, and keep up the good work!

Attention Teachers! Teacher's Guide for Open the Unusual Door is Now Available. Click here to download.

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Open the Unusual Door is featured on Hiphopreader.com! This unique website is a project of the National Urban League.

Look for Open the Unusual Door on www.yabookscentral.com.

Barbara Summers with genius librarian Deloris McCullough of the Brooklyn Public Library.

 

 

EVENTS

Juneteenth Celebration! Saturday, June 17, 11am-3pm Location: The Studio Museum in Harlem Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building Plaza, 125th Street and 7th Avenue Start the summer with The Studio Museum in Harlem by celebrating Juneteenth, the name given to emancipation day by African Americans in Texas more than 100 years ago! Activities Include: 11:00am: Dance Performance: Sidiki Conde and the Tokonu Dance Company 12:00pm: Books + Authors, Kids! featuring Barbara Summers, author of Open the Unusual Door

Barbara Summers visits Hue Man - Harlem, New York